German federal election, 2009
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| All 598 seats (at least) in the Bundestag | ||||
| 27 September 2009 | ||||
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| Leader | Angela Merkel | Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Guido Westerwelle | |
| Party | CDU/CSU | SPD | FDP | |
| Last election | 226 (now 222) seats | 222 (now 221) seats | 61 seats | |
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| Leader | Gregor Gysi and Oskar Lafontaine | Renate Künast and Jürgen Trittin | ||
| Party | The Left | Greens | ||
| Last election | 54 seats | 51 seats | ||
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The 17th German federal election is currently scheduled for September 27, 2009 and will be held to elect the members of the Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany.[1]
Since the 2005 election, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has governed in a grand coalition with the SPD. However, it is her stated goal to win a majority for CDU/CSU and FDP (the CDU/CSU's traditional coalition partner) in 2009. Foreign minister and Vice chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) was formally nominated as his party's chancellor-candidate at a convention on October 18, 2008.[2] He aims to form a government in which the SPD is the strongest party, but which also excludes The Left.
It is considered a possibility that both of the traditional coalitions (CDU/CSU-FDP and SPD-Greens) will again fail to win a governing majority. Should this occur, alternative models include the so-called Traffic light (SPD-FDP-Greens) and Jamaica (CDU/CSU-FDP-Greens) coalitions, as well as a continuation of the current grand coalition.
The federal election will be the final and most important election in what is called a Superwahljahr (super election year) in Germany. In addition to the election of a new Bundestag, also scheduled for 2009 are: the election to the European Parliament on June 7, seven local elections on the same day, five state elections and a additional local election in August and September, and the election of a president by the Federal Assembly on May 23.
[edit] See also
- Hesse state election, 2009
- German presidential election, 2009
- European Parliament election, 2009
- European Parliament election, 2009 (Germany)
[edit] References
- ^ "Der Wahltermin für die Bundestagswahl 2009". Der Bundeswahlleiter. http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09. Retrieved on 2009-01-05.
- ^ "Frank-Walter Steinmeier zum SPD-Kanzlerkandidaten gewählt". Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. 2008-10-18. http://www.spd.de/menu/1759371.
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